Sauk Village Police Department

Progress Report

-Arrests: For a period between 9/14/2015 thru 12/29/2015 the Sauk Village Police Department had a total of 62 arrests. Of the arrests reported 31 were felony arrests and 31 were misdemeanor arrests.

-Case of Interest: On 12/20/2015 PD received a call of an armed robbery at the wireless store by Family Dollar...2 subjects wearing ski masks entered the store brandished weapons and fled the area. Because of the good job our officers getting information disseminated in a timely manner Harvey PD apprehended two suspects allegedly involved with the armed robbery. Detective Grossman conducted the investigation and was able to secure felony armed robbery charges for both suspects.

-CalCom Radio Calls Dispatched: For a period from 9/29/2015 thru 12/29/2015 CalCom 911 Dispatch Center dispatched 3554 calls to the Officers in Sauk Village. In addition the police department implemented a new reporting system called Capers.

-New Hire: The Police Department is currently finalizing the requirements needed for a new officer recruit to participate in the Chicago Police Department POWER (fitness test). If the recruit passes this test he will start training to become a Sauk Village Police Officer on January 11th. In addition the Sauk Village Detective is conducting background investigations to hire a replacement officer for an officer who left Sauk Village for a position with Arlington Heights PD.

-LEADS Audit: On October 14th the Illinois State Police, Program Administration Bureau conducted an audit on our Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). The results of the audit were recently received and disclosed that of the 30 rules, regulations and procedures they rated in the report 27 of them applied to the Sauk Village Police Department. The police department was found to be in non- compliant with 15 of the points and compliant in the other 12. We have addressed all the deficient points and will respond to the Illinois State Police on the resolution.